drug abuse

Prescription Drug Buprenorphine Serves As Methadone Alternative To Cure Addiction To Heroin

Prescription Medicine: More Young People Are Using It

Prescription medicine is used for illness. However, it could be abused as well. Prescription medicine is being used by youth more.

Massachusetts Sees Spike In Amnesia Among Opioid Abusers

Mysterious Cases Of Amnesia Baffle Researchers

Sudden onset of amnesia in 14 patients with no clear cause baffles scientists. The only link among the patients is drug use. More research is needed to prove the connection of substance abuse to amnesia.

Vermont Battles With Deadly Heroin Epidemic

Ottawa To Install Needle-Dispensing Vending Machines To Reduce HIV, Hepatitis C Transmission

Ottawa City Health will place secured vending machines throughout the city that would dispense needles and crack pipes to drug users. This project will probably begin roll out in February.

Needle Exchange Program Aims At AIDS Prevention

Indiana Needle Exchange Program To Curb HIV And Hep C Finally Starts Next Month

To fight the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C through needle contamination, the Indiana needle exchange program in Clark County plans to start next month. Funding was scarce but they were granted enough money to finally begin the program.

'Zombie' Drug More Potent Than Marijuana Causes Outbreak In New York

Last summer, multiple people were acting "zombie-like" in Brooklyn after using a synthetic drug. The drug is sold as "fake pot" and is 85 percent more potent than the real marijuana.

New England Towns Struggle With Opioid And Heroin Epidemic

Maine Pharmacists Are Confused About Opiate Overdose Reversal Drug

Pharmacists in Maine expressed confusion about a law approved in April regarding the sale of Naloxone - a drug which reverses the effects of opioid overdose. They question whether there is an age limit and if they can administer the drug to customers themselves.